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Engadget:
Live from Macworld 2008: Steve Jobs keynote — Thanks for joining us for our live Macworld 2008 keynote coverage! We're in, so click on, all our real-time updates are posted just after the break. Note: this time we're updating from bottom to top, with the latest updates below.
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Duncan Riley / TechCrunch:
Steve Jobs Keynote Live From Macworld — This post is being updated live, in reverse chronological order, from the Steve Jobs keynote at the Macworld Expo! — 9:48am: One button interface for iTunes rentals on Apple TV. Remarkably simple to use, at least in the demo
Michael Rose / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
The Macworld 2008 Keynote Liveblog — 8:54 PT We're inside. Media scrum heading for seats. Coldplay on the PA, crowd shots on the monitors. Here with Scott McNulty, John Gruber, John Moltz and a whole lot of press. — The action starts here shortly before 9 am PT on Tuesday (12 noon ET) — don't miss it!
Macworld:
Macworld Expo Keynote Coverage — Steve Jobs will be delivering the keynote address for Macworld Expo beginning at 9 a.m. PST on Tuesday. Once the event is under way, Macworld's team of editors will begin live blogging from the Moscone Center in San Francisco.
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Patrik / F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog:
First Rogue Cleaning Tool for Mac — We've just found the first Mac rogue application and it's called MacSweeper. — It claims to clean your Mac from compromising files and it will always find something to fix/clean but the only way to do so is to buy the program.
Robby Stein / Official Gmail Blog:
New Gmail for the iPhone — We've just released a new look and feel for the mobile version of Gmail on your iPhone. Our goal: make Gmail fit nicely as part of the latest Google on your iPhone experience. This means that we had to make Gmail faster and more fluid.
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Danny Dumas / Gadget Lab:
Breaking: Apple Insider Leaks Ultra-Portable Details — An Apple insider told Wired today that the company's new ultraportable, expected to be seen in public for the first time tomorrow, has an extremely thin profile and is shaped like a teardrop when closed — thicker at the top behind the screen …
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Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:
Apple MacBook Air Looks Absolutely Amazing — It's real. The fabled MacBook Air actually exists. It's ultra-thin, has a normal state drive and, except for a couple ports, it's all about wireless connectivity. It's an stunning .16 inches thick at the bottom and .76 inches on the top.
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Wall Street Journal:
Ticketmaster Buys Major Reseller — Ticketmaster has agreed to pay about $265 million for TicketsNow, a Web site for reselling tickets to concerts and sports events.
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TechCrunch, pehub.com, HipMojo.com, Seeking Alpha, paidContent.org and Silicon Alley Insider
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Victoria Shannon / International Herald Tribune:
Amazon.com is challenging French competition law — PARIS: The online retailer Amazon.com said Monday that it would pay €1,000 a day in fines, rather than comply with a court ruling upholding French limits on price discounts for books. — The company decided to pay …
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat:
Facebook buying Plaxo? — Facebook is “one hundred percent” buying Plaxo, we've just heard from a source. — This follows a rumor previously published by Valleywag asserting that such a deal is underway. — While these types of rumors should be taken with more than a grain of salt …
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Business Wire:
JiWire to Provide iPhone™ and iPod touch Users With First Ever Ad-Supported Free Wi-Fi Access — JiWire Wi-Fi Advertising Network Members to Offer “Ads for Access"™ Payment Alternative at Premium Airports, Hotels, Cafes — SAN FRANCISCO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—JiWire …
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Dorian Benkoil / JackMyers.com:
Condé Nast Portfolio Expands Online Apps with Google, Facebook and LinkedIn — Condé Nast Portfolio has been quietly building its www.Portfolio.com ad-supported website with an emphasis on audience quality vs. size, although the site now boasts somewhere between 900,000 …
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David Kaplan / paidContent.org:Carey: Portfolio.com To Supply 30 Percent Of Magazine's Total Ad Revs By Next Year
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New York Times
David A. Utter / WebProNews:
FCC Approves Google For Wireless Auction — The 700MHz wireless spectrum auction on January 24th opens with 214 bidders chasing the big prize, with Google competing with an assortment of telecoms both big and small. — As part of the process of lining up bidders who will pay upwards …
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Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:Locked and loaded: FCC finalizes rules & bidders for 700MHz
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Breaking: Samwer Brothers Invest In Facebook — Serial German entrepreneurs Alexander, Marc and Oliver Samwer have invested in Facebook, we've heard from a very reliable source - presumably as part of Facebook's recent $15 billion valuation round with Microsoft. We are still trying to nail down the size of the investment.
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Kelly K. Spors / Wall Street Journal:
New Services Help Bloggers Bring in Ad Revenue — Users Can Customize Appearance of Spots, Use Video and Audio — If you're not making money off your blog, 2008 might be the year. — As more people see potential in earning money off the Internet, there is a quickly expanding array …
Marshall Kirkpatrick / ReadWriteWeb:
New Video Explains the Basics of Data Portability — We've been writing a lot about data portability here lately, and specifically the DataPortability.org Work Group. High level members of Google and Facebook staff joined the group a week ago yesterday, key people from LinkedIn, SixApart …
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Swedish prosecutors dump 4,000 legal docs on The Pirate Bay — As the calendar pages turned from 2007 to 2008, one constant remained for the motion picture and music industries: The Pirate Bay's willingness to ignore their threats (and copyrights) to the point that the Swedish group's site …
